
domingo, 3 de abril de 2011
Mi colegio nuevamente/ My school again

jueves, 31 de marzo de 2011
Jueves de cerámica, 2011/ Pottery Thursday, 2011
Estas piezas fueron retorneadas hoy, 4 fuentes de unos 16 centímetros, 600 gramos de pasta cada una. These pieces were trim today, 4 bowls of about 16 centimeters, 600 grams clay each.
Fuente torneada hoy de unos 44 centímetros de diámetro y 5 kilos de pasta. Plate throwed today about 44 centimeters in diameter and 5 kilos clay.
Esto puede sonar tonto pero hice unos pequeños cambios en mi firma y me gusta más que la antigua. This may sound silly but I made some small changes in my signature and I like it better than the old.
miércoles, 30 de marzo de 2011
Más cosas técnicas/ Technical stuff again

lunes, 28 de marzo de 2011
Algunos recuerdos/ Some memories

domingo, 27 de marzo de 2011
Algo de trabajo mecánico/ Some mechanical work

sábado, 26 de marzo de 2011
Mi colegio/ My school
Today after many years I went to my school and for the first time I took a camera with me.

This is the gym, one of the many play yards and the principal's office.
Por este pasillo ingresé a mi primera clase ya que llegué a quinta preparatoria. A la derecha está la dirección de preparatoria y pasé por esa oficina el primer día.
I went to my first class through this corridor because my parents changed me to this school in fifth grade.On the right is the principal's office for basic school and went I into that office that first day.

This is one of the classrooms, I still remember these windows, there have only changed the lamps, desks and chairs.

Each place is a different memory, memories of a child at eight years, memories of a teenager at 14, 15, pleasant memories, sad memories, faces that appear in the mind, memories of my parents taking me to school, memories of teachers, memories of the neighborhood and somehow all this is always within me and it is part of the way I am.

This is the park and the main house where the offices and of course this park also has many memories and perhaps the best including the day of my graduation.
viernes, 25 de marzo de 2011
Comuna Literaria/ Literary Community

A month ago or so, I found this nice bookstore, called Literary Community, they sell second hand books. It is located on Calle Santa Isabel 0151 here in Santiago. They have a large selection of books on various topics and a website: Literary Community.

I bought the book "On the Road" by Jack Keruoac. It may sound quite out of time to read it today, but since long time I wanted to have it and even more curious is that I'm waiting to move to my new home to start reading. And surely there will come some comments when I read it.
martes, 22 de marzo de 2011
Pedestal para el autómata/ Storm Chaser stand box

Today I returned to work in this automaton. Now I have to build the stand box where the motor and rollers will be located. The rollers are going to transmit the motion to the truck wheels.
viernes, 18 de marzo de 2011
Pila Bautismal/ Baptismal Font
I've been doing a photo story for my pottery teacher, Francisco Olivares. He was commissioned to make relief figures for a baptismal font.
La pila está en el interior de esta iglesia ubicada en el barrio de Renca acá en Santiago.
The font is located inside this church in the Renca district here in Santiago.

The figures are located at the edges of this cross which is not a traditional font but it is an inmersion font.

It took two months to Francisco to make the figures, which was design, modeling, make the molds, glazing and firing. Installation work is very delicate and requires considerable precision so that everything is level.
miércoles, 16 de marzo de 2011
Esto es/ That's it

I think this is by now. The main things are ready, I will add some details like the headlights, some handrails and perhaps a ladder to climb to the roof.

Writing this I just realized that I missed a very important detail, a photographic camera that will obviously be a wooden field view camera with a brass lens.
Probably I must have to leave this project for a while because my pottery classes start tomorrow and I have also other issues to attend.
martes, 15 de marzo de 2011
Pequeños avances/ Small changes

I have had not too much time to work on my automata so it has not been much progress. At least this small guy is already sat behind the steering wheel with his binoculars.

I'll have to change the windshield to make room for the arm moves up and down.

At the side of the truck I'm adding this vortex that spins and I don't know what sense it will have yet. Today was cloudy so I took these photos only with the workshop lights.
sábado, 12 de marzo de 2011
Cazador de Tormentas/ Storm Chaser driver

As always it gets somewhat difficult to work on the human body but in this case I applied the theory to just go on and is working quite well.

I'll have to use some filler to smoth the pores but I should use it anyway to model the hair.
martes, 8 de marzo de 2011
Una idea al menos/ One idea at least

Today at least I went one step further adding this rising sun made of bronze and it will stay as it is, with rust and tool scratches.
lunes, 7 de marzo de 2011
Atorado/ Stuck

I'm definitely stuck with storm chaser, while I have the mechanism working and many sources of motion I have not yet defined what things will move. I'm thinking of a sphere with the phases of the moon.
sábado, 5 de marzo de 2011
Algunos detalles/ Some details

Yesterday I worked several hours just to improve this linkage which no one will see.
jueves, 3 de marzo de 2011
Trabajando en la carrocería/ Working in the truck body

Today I had time to return to work in my Storm Chaser automata so I'm finishing the truck body.

An important detail which gives more volume to the truck are the fenders.
